topic Re: NetServer running Linux -- how to get server model? in Netservers

NetServer running Linux -- how to get server model?

Ross Minkov — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:19:41 GMT

How can I get the server model from a NetServer running Red Hat Linux 7.3?

Thanks,
Ross

Re: NetServer running Linux -- how to get server model?

Alicia White — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 21:45:10 GMT

Can't you get the model number from the serial number label on the netserver case? That should have the product name and number as well as the serial number of the server.

Alicia

Re: NetServer running Linux -- how to get server model?

Ross Minkov — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 09:08:33 GMT

No. I manage these servers remotely. Is there any way to get the server model from Linux? For example for ProLiant servers I can grep the model from the output of dmidecode (RHEL only) or from the Compaq/HP Survey utility plain text files:

/usr/sbin/dmidecode | /bin/grep -i proliant

/bin/grep 'System Name:' /var/compaq/survey/survey*.txt

The NetServers I have are running Red Hat Linux 7.3 and I can't use dmidecode. I can't install the Compaq/HP Survey utility as it only installs on ProLiant platform. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ross

Re: NetServer running Linux -- how to get server model?

Dave Worthy — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 21:16:00 GMT

The short answer is you can't. I asked the Response Center several times for this and they had no way to pull that information. Once we had proliants and Survey I never looked back.

Dave

Re: NetServer running Linux -- how to get server model?

Ross Minkov — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:00:58 GMT

Here is what my solution was -- lshw. It can get both model and serial numbers from most of the NetServers.
Thanks,
Ross